Director - Finance Digital Architect

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.

We are seeking a visionary Finance Digital Leader with deep expertise in Finance data and systems architecture deployment. The Finance Digital Lead will play a pivotal role in driving HARMAN’s Finance Digital transformation. As an integral part of the Finance organization that role will be a strategic partner to both the Automotive Finance and Digital organizations. This role will drive the design, and help build along with Digital a scalable Finance Digital Ecosystem, integrating core platforms such as SAP, One Stream, IBP (Integrated Business Planning), Salesforce, best-of-breed analytics applications and Automation / AI deployments

This leader will combine financial acumen, technology fluency, and process excellence to deliver a seamless digital backbone that enables real-time insights, efficient processes, and strategic decision-making across the enterprise.

Reporting to the Automotive Division Finance Head, this role is responsible for creating the digitized Finance vision, expand and drive the digitalization roadmap along with Digital. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of finance digital transformation implementing innovative solutions, leveraging S/4

HANA, One Stream and leading teams to support strategic goals besides driving process changes and thinking of new ways of working in a digitalized finance function.

• Co-create along with Digital a scalable digital finance strategy that enhances operational efficiency, drives automation of finance operations including shared services with SAP S/4
  
  HANA as the backbone. Prepare the finance digital ecosystem to be ready for additional expansion including M&A.
• Partner with the senior leaders of Finance, Digital and other senior leaders to align & drive digital finance initiatives with organizational priorities.

• Ensuring seamless data flow across systems and eliminating redundancies. Understand the ‘why’ and ‘what’ needed for the finance digitalization transformation and work together with Digital on the how including evaluating and implementing digital solutions that reduce operational complexity, gives operational efficiency and improve time-to-close cycles for finance. Leverage existing the capabilities of the eco-system to the maximum extent possible / best-in-class ways of working.
• Implement advanced analytics and reporting tools to deliver actionable insights and faster decision-making for finance teams. Support a Business Self-Service set-up.
• Design and implement tools and frameworks to enable "what-if" scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and long-term forecasting including across Sales, Engineering and Supply chain controlling functions. Partner with FP&A teams to refine financial models and work closely with Digital to integrate them into scalable technology solutions.
• Lead the streamlining and automation of shared service operations, focusing on accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, banking, payroll, reconciliation, and financial close processes. Implement robotic process mining and process automation (RPA), intelligent document processing, and workflow tools to drive efficiency and eliminate manual tasks. Identify and deliver on AI use cases especially the leverage of agents.

• Significantly contribute and partner closely with Digital leader to the implementation of a scalable finance system & data architecture, aligned with end-to-end HARMAN Automotive Digital architecture.
• Serve as the organization’s SAP S/4
  
  HANA subject matter expert for Finance, ensuring optimal use of its capabilities across finance operations.
• Leverage S/4
  
  HANA’s advanced features, such as Central Finance, embedded analytics, and predictive insights, to…